1711: The afternoon's final match is over and Leeds have won 2-0 at Leyton Orient.
1657: In the final two matches of the afternoon in the Premier League Chelsea have kept alive their title challenge by winning 2-0 at Manchester City and Wigan have defeated 10-man Birmingham 2-0.
1656: In the Premier League Newcastle have beaten Reading 3-0, Bolton have been thrashed 4-0 at Aston Villa, Sunderland have defeated Fulham 3-1 and Blackburn have drawn 1-1 with Tottenham.
1655: Bournemouth now lead at Swansea! Je Kuffour's strike gives them the advantage at the League One leaders.
1654: 10-man Motherwell have beaten Celtic 1-0 at Parkhead. Rangers are now in control of the SPL title race.
1653: QPR have snatched another goal at the end of their match against Preston and that game is level at 2-2. Bournemouth equalise at League One leaders Swansea.
1652: Ched Evans fires home from a tight angle to double Norwich's lead at home to Burnley. In League Two Kevin Ellison scores from the penalty spot to draw Chester level at Hereford.
1651: Ross County have beaten Berwick 4-0 and they have been crowned champions of the Scottish second division.
1650: Gareth Ainsworth's effort from 25 yards finds the back of the net to halve Preston's lead against QPR in the Championship.
1649: Scott Dobie's goal looks to have given Carlisle victory at home to Yeovil. They are now lead 2-1.
1648: Chelsea are in complete control of their match with Manchester City. They are 2-0 up and have just seen Nicolas Anelka's shot well saved by Joe Hart.
1646: Bury regain the lead against Notts County as the Magpies continue to find trouble at the bottom of League Two. Wrexham have pulled level at home to Macclesfield.
1645: Gareth Barry's free-kick is headed home by Marlon Harewood as Astron Villa go 4-0 ahead against Bolton. Gary Megson's side are moving ever closer to the Championship.
1644: Jason Euell fires home from three yards to double Southampton's lead at home to Bristol City. That is a massive scoreline at both ends of the Championship.
1643: Liam Hatch's goal has give Peterborough the lead at Wycombe as Darren Ferguson's side look to pull clear at the top of League Two.
1642: 10-man Doncaster have pulled level at Huddersfield thanks to Paul Green's strike. If they claim a point Swansea will have to wait another week to reach the Championship.
1641: Leroy Lita's second goal of the afternoon gives 10-man Charlton a 2-1 lead t Plymouth. The Addicks had goalkeeper Nicku Weaver sent-off right at the start of the match.
1640: Craig Barr pulls a goal back for crisis club Gretna against Inverness at Fir Park in the SPL.
1639: Tommy Smith's strike puts Watford ahead against Coventry as the Hornets look to close the gap on Championship leaders Bristol City.
1638: Mansfield let a two goal lead slip as Adam Birchall pulls Barnet level in League Two. The Stags will need to find another goal to keep their bid to stay up on track.
1636: Carlisle have got their Championship promotion push back on track as Peter Murphy finds the target to bull them level with Yeovil.
1635: Kenwyne Jones fires a powerful shot home and Sunderland have quickly regained their two goal lead against Fulham. It looks like Roy Hodgson's side will be playing in the Championship next season.
1634: David Healy has reduced Sunderland's lead against Fulham. Roy Keane's side now have a 2-1 advantage at Craven Cottage.
1632: Notts County, who are third from bottom in League Two, have equalised at Bury with Danny Crow the man who has found the back of the net.
1631: Colchester now appear unlikely to be relegated from the Championship today as Scott Vernon has put them 2-0 up against Ipswich.
1630: Inverness double their lead at Fir Park against Gretna. Don Cowie is the man who has found the target.
1629: Leroy Lita has quickly got Charlton back on level terms against Plymouth. Can the Addicks grab a winner to keep their play-off hopes alive.
1628: Roy McBain's strike gives Inverness the lead at Gretna in the SPL as the Mick Wadsworth's side's season goes from bad to worse.
1626: Tamas Priskin doubles Preston's lead at QPR as Alan Irvine's side continue to pull away from the Championship relegation zone.
1625: Jermaine Easter fires Plymouth at home to Charlton in the Championship. Alan Pardew's side now look unlikely to grab a play-off place.
1624: Jermaine Beckford looks to be helping Leeds continue their recent good run as he doubles their lead at Leyton Orient. That match was delayed by 15 minutes due to crowd congestion.
1623: Doncaster's hopes of promotion to the Championship have taken a double blow. They are now 2-1 down to Huddersfield and they have also had Matthew Mills sent-off.
1622: Two big goals to tell you about at the bottom of League Two. Wrexham's woes are continuing as they are 1-0 down to Macclesfield and Mansfield are edging closer to safety as they lead Barnet 2-0.
1620: Gareth Barry's strike from the edge of the Bolton box finds the back of the net and Aston Vila are now 3-0 up against Gary Megson's side.
1619: Mark Viduka runs onto Martins' neat pass and fires home to give Newcastle a 3-0 lead against Reading. Kevin Keegan's second spell with the Magpies is well and truly under way.
1618: Watford's hopes of promotion to the Premier League have taken a dent as Leon Best has scored Coventry's equaliser against the Hornets in the Championship.
1617: Gabriel Agbonlahor diverts John Carew's cross from the left flank past Ali Al Habi and into the back of the net to double Aston Villa's lead against Bolton. It is raining goals in the Premier League at the moment.
1616: Ryan Taylor's second goal of the afternoon gives Wigan a 2-0 advantage against 10-man Birmingham.
1615: Salomon Kalou runs through one-on-one with Joe Hart and rounds the Manchester City keeper before firing home to double Chelsea's lead.
1614: League One leaders Swansea have the lead at home to Bournemouth as they continue their march towards the Championship.
1613: Michael Chopra's volley over the head of Kasey Keller doubles Sunderland's lead at Craven Cottage against Fulham.
1612: Aaron Lennon's driven effort is well saved by Brad Friedel. Blackburn are drawing 1-1 with Tottenham in that match.
1611: Bolton are pushing for an equaliser against Aston Villa. However they are unable to find the target at the moment.
1610: Motherwell may lead Celtic 1-0 but they are now to 10 men as former Rangers defender Bob Malcolm is sent-off.
1609: Manchester City have started brightly against Chelsea in the second-half of their match. They trail 1-0 to Avram Grant's side at Eastlands.
1607: Diomansy Kamara's flicked effort is scrambled away from Sunderland's goal by Jonny Evans. Roy Keane's side lead that match 1-0.
1606: Junior Agogo's strike gives Nottingham Forest a 3-1 lead at home to Cheltenham. That is the former Bristol Rovers striker's second goal of the game.
1605: The second-half action is starting to get under way all around Great Britain as Aston Villa get their clash with Bolton up and running again.
1550: Wigan lead 10-man Birmingham 1-0, Newcastle have a 2-0 advantage against Reading and Bolton trail 1-0 at Aston Villa as matches all around the country reach half-time.
1549: It is half-time at Eastlands and Chelsea will go in at the break with a 1-0 lead against Manchester City. They are slightly fortunate to have that advantage.
1547: Danny Collins' header from six yards gives Sunderland a 1-0 advantage at Fulham.
1546: Michael Owen runs onto Habib Beye's through ball and fires home to double Newcastle's lead at home to Reading.
1545: Nottingham Forest have come from a goal down to lead Cheltenham 2-1 thanks to Luke Chambers' strike.
1544: Martin Petrov's free-kick goes just wide of Cudicini's right hand post as Manchester City look to pull level with Chelsea.
1543: Joey Barton's weak cross falls to Michael Owen. However, the Newcastle striker's effort fails to find the target and Reading still trail 1-0.
1542: Darlington, who are currently third in League Two, trail 1-0 at Stockport. Liam Dickinson is the man on target.
1541: Carlisle are faltering in their bid to win promotion to the Championship. They are trailing at home to Yeovil thanks to Marcus Stewart's strike.
1540: Kevin Kilbane's driven effort strikes the post as Wigan look to double their lead against 10-man Birmingham.
1539: Neil Mellor is on target for Preston to give Alan Irvine's side the advantage at QPR.
1538: Damien Johnson's ugly off-the-floor challenge on Kevin Kilbane sees the Birmingham midfielder dismissed by the referee. Wigan are 1-0 up in that match.
1536: On-loan striker Gary Hooper doubles Hereford's lead at home to Chester in League Two.
1535: Stern John's volley finds the back of the net to put Southampton 1-0 up at home to promotion chasing Bristol City in the Championship.
1534: Leeds have the lead at Leyton Orient. Bradley Johnson was the man on target in a match that was delayed by 15 minutes due to crowd congestion.
1533: Motherwell have a shock lead at Parkhead against Celtic thanks to Simon Lappin's strike. That could be a huge goal in the SPL title race.
1532: Martin Petrov's effort from 25 yards is tipped onto the Chelsea bar by Carlo Cudicini as Manchester City look to grab an equaliser against Avram Grant's side.
1531: David Bentley's cross is turned home by Morten Gamst Pedersen to pull Blackburn level against Tottenham. Spurs had been on top in that match.
1530: Reading are starting to look dangerous against Newcastle with Dave Kitson starting to cause problems to Kevin Keegan's side. The Magpies, however, still lead 1-0.
1529: Scott Vernon beats two Ipswich defenders and clips the ball past Stephen Bywater to give Colchester a 1-0 lead. The U's need to win today to avoid relegation to League One.
1528: Jimmy Bullard is impressing for Fulham against Sunderland. However the score at Craven Cottage remains 0-0.
1526: Junior Agogo quickly pulls Nottingham Forest level against Cheltenham in League One.
1525: Hereford, who are pushing for promotion to League One, have the advantage against Chester thanks to Ben Smith.
1524: Wigan are in complete control of their match against Birmingham at the JJB Stadium. They lead 1-0.
1522: Nottingham Forest, who beat Carlisle 2-0 in midweek, trail Cheltenham 1-0 in League One. Steven Gillespie is the man on target.
1521: Obafemi Martins jinks past two Reading defenders and fires home to put Newcastle 1-0 up. That was a great goal from the Nigerian striker.
1520: James Beattie has a hat-trick! The Sheffield United striker diverts Michael Tonge's cross home to give the Blades a 3-0 advantage against Leicester.
1519: James Walker doubles Southend's leadagainst Crewe as he calmly fires the ball past Alex's keeper Ben Williams.
1518: Two big goals at the bottom of League Two to tell you about. Second-from-bottom Mansfield lead Barnet 1-0 and third-from-botton Notts County are a goal behind at Bury.
1517: Sunderland are livid as Jonny Evans has a goal ruled out for offside against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
1516: Ryan Taylor runs onto Antonio Valencia's cut-back and fires home to give Wigan a 1-0 advantage against Birmingham.
1515: James Beattie's long range effort doubles Sheffield United's lead at home to 10-man Leicester.
1514: Anelka looks to be through one-on-one with Joe Hart in the Manchester City goal but Nedum Onuoha comes back superbly to win the ball from the Chelsea striker. Avram Grant's side lead 1-0.
1512: James Beattie's penalty is saved by Paul Henderson. However the Sheffield United striker is able to fire home at the second attempt. Leicester's Patrick Kisnorbo was sent-off for the foul that gave the Blades the spot-kick.
1511: Ashley Young storms down the left flank and sees his lofted cross headed into the back of the Bolton net by Gareth Barry. Aston Villa lead 1-0.
1510: Merouane Zemmama doubles Hibs' lead against St Mirren in the SPL as they look to continue their impressive season.
1509: Dimitar Berbatov grabs another goal as he turns home Jermaine Jenas' cross to give Tottenham a 1-0 lead against Blackburn at Ewood Park.
1508: Nicolas Anelka's cross is turned into his own net by Richard Dunne to give Chelsea a 1-0 lead against Manchester City.
1507: Nathan Ellington's crisp effort beats Kasper Schmeichel and gives Watford the advantage against Coventry.
1506: Colin Nish's strike gives Hibernian the lead against St Mirren in the SPL.
1505: In his final season of professional football Dion Dublin gives Norwich the advantage at home to Burnley.
1504: Nicky Weaver handles the ball outside the penalty are in Charlton's Championship clash with Plymouth and is sent-off to reduce the Addicks to 10 men.
1503: Aldershot, who will almost certainly win promotion to League Two this season, are 1-0 up against Salisbury thanks to Rob Elvins' goal.
1502: Southend have an early lead in their clash with Crewe in League One as they continue their push for a play-off place. Lee Barnard is the man on target.
1501: This afternoon's matches are now starting to get under way in a busy day of football in both England and Scotland.
1458: An ankle injury keeps England goalkeeper Paul Robinson out as Tottenham travel to Blackburn in the Premier League today.
Robinson has had to fight hard for his place since the arrival of new manager Juande Ramos earlier in the season and he is unable to take part at Ewood Park after problems in training this week.
Radek Cerny takes his place in goal while Jermaine Jenas returns after illness and there is also a place for defender Pascal Chimbonda.
Blackburn, still chasing a European place, hand a debut to former Switzerland captain Johann Vogel in midfield.
Christopher Samba is back in defence after suspension with Brett Emerton, after recovering from injury, among the substitutes.
1456: Gretna start their Clydesdale Bank Premier League game without a substitute goalkeeper after their administrators failed to secure a postponement of the game.
With Artur Krysiak at a Poland training camp, Gretna start with seven young outfield players on the bench.
Only a last-gasp financial deal with the SPL had secured the Fir Park fixture, which looked set to beat Gretna's record low top-flight attendance of501.
Both sides make three changes with Rostyn Griffiths, Craig Barr and John-Paul Kissock coming in for relegated Gretna.
Inverness bring in Barry Wilson, Dennis Wyness and Markus Paatelainen.
1454: Hibernian go into their match with St Mirren knowing a victory could take them third with their rivals for a UEFA Cup spot, Motherwell and Dundee United, both facing the Old Firm this weekend.
However, manager Mixu Paatelainen is forced into a reshuffle because of the two-match suspension picked up by influential skipper Rob Jones.
The Easter Road boss drafts in fit-again top scorer Steven Fletcher and full-backs Abderaouf Zarabi and Thierry Gathuessi from the side that lost 1-0 to Motherwell last weekend.
Paul Hanlon drops out completely and Filipe Morais drops down to the bench while keeper Yves Ma-Kalambay has to make do with a place amongst the substitutes after shrugging off a groin problem.
St Mirren arrive at Easter Road free from any lingering worries over relegation following the 2-0 victory over Gretna that condemned their opponents to bottom place last Saturday.
Manager Gus MacPherson makes one change, bringing in David Barron for Jim Hamilton.
1449: Sunderland manager Roy Keane brings Carlos Edwards into his starting XI for the Premier League clash against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
It means striker Michael Chopra drops to the bench from the side that defeated West Ham last time out, a slightly cautious move from Keane as he looks for three points to edge his side closer to safety.
Fulham need the win to kick-start their bid for survival. Manager Roy Hodgson makes one change, with Danny Murphy coming in for Hameur Bouazza.
1445: Chelsea coach Avram Grant makes six changes to his side for their crucial Premier League match at Eastlands.
With one eye on the return leg of the Champions League tie against Fenerbahce on Tuesday and trailing 2-1, he leaves out both Didier Drogba and Ricardo Carvalho.
Former City stars Nicolas Anelka and Shaun-Wright Phillips are recalled along with Mikel John Obi, Alex, Solomon Kalou and Juliano Belletti.
In a bid to end of a run of only one win in six games, City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson recalls Vedran Corluka, Michael Ball, Michael Johnson and Martin Petrov.
1444: Kilmarnock make just one change from their goalless draw with Falkirk for the visit of Hearts in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
Gary Locke is drafted back into the first team, with Iain Flannigan dropping to the bench.
Hearts, still chasing a place in the top half of the SPL before the split, make three changes from the side who defeated Dundee United.
Fernando Screpis, Kestutis Ivaskevicius and Ibrahim Tall all start, with Michael Stewart named on the bench and Marius Zaliukas and Eggert Jonsson absent from the squad.
1442: Leyton Orient's clash with Leeds in League has been delayed by 15 minutes due to crowd congestion.
1440: The final-whistle is blown at the Emirates and Arsenal have drawn 1-1 with Liverpool. We will now carry on bringing you team news for this afternoon's matches.
1439: Massimo Donati returns to the Celtic midfield at the expense of Paul Hartley for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Motherwell at Parkhead.
Top scorer Scott McDonald, also left out of last week's 1-0 defeat by Rangers at Ibrox, comes back in for Georgios Samaras, who starts on the bench.
Motherwell manager Mark McGhee had to contend with the loss of suspended striker David Clarkson, who is replaced by former Rangers hitman Ross McCormack.
Steven Hammell returns at left-back to take over from Simon Lappin, who moves back into midfield with KeithLasley dropping to the bench.
1437: Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill restores defender Zat Knight to the starting line-up for the home clash with Bolton.
Knight's return allows Olof Mellberg to revert to right-back, while Nigel Rio-Coker goes back to his more accustomed midfield role.
Striker Marlon Harewood is the player left out to accommodate Knight from the side beaten 4-0 at Manchester United last weekend.
Bolton boss Gary Megson makes two changes from the side that lost a two-goal lead against 10-man Arsenal and were beaten 3-2.
Former Villa defender Jlloyd Samuel and Ivan Campo are relegated to the substitutes' bench and replaced by Joey O'Brien and Heidar Helguson.
1435: Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan hands David Edgar the first start of the manager's second reign at the club as he drafts the defender in as a late replacement for Steven Taylor.
Taylor was sent home with a stomach bug after a fitness test as Keegan had little choice but to change his team for the first time in three games.
As a result, there is a seat on the bench for Senegal international defender Lamine Diatta.
Reading manager Steve Coppell also makes one change with Kalifa Cisse taking over from the suspended Marek Matejovsky.
1425: It is still level at the Emirates as the team news starts to come in for this afternoon's matches at 1500 BST. We wil start with Wigan's clash with Birmingham.
Martin Taylor returns to the Birmingham line-up for the first time since his horror tackle on Eduardo.
The centre-back, who had not featured since breaking the Arsenal striker's leg on February 23, replaces the suspended Franck Queudrue in the only change to Alex McLeish's starting XI.
Wigan also make only one alteration for a match that would keep the winners on course for survival, Wilson Palacios playing against the side with whom he began this season.
1408: All over at Wembley and Portsmouth are through to the FA Cup final after beating West Brom 1-0 thanks to Kanu's goal. Cardiff or Barnsley will be their opponents - they play in the second semi-final tomorrow.
1400: Arsenal are level against Liverpool in the Premier League - and it's Nicklas Bendtner with the goal nine minutes after the resumption.
1353: Full-time at Glanford Park and it's finished 1-1 - a result that helps neither of the Championship strugglers.
1334: Half-time at the Emirates. Arsenal 0 Liverpool 1.
1331: Goal at the Emirates, and it's Peter Crouch on target to give Liverpool the lead. Long way to go but if it finishes like this Arsenal are six points adrift of Manchester United having played a game more. The two teams meet at Old Trafford a week tomorrow.
1330: First blood to Portsmouth in the first of the FA Cup semi-finals as Kanu prods them in front against West Brom.
1308: Whatever Brian Laws said during the interval at Glanford Park has done the business - Sheffield Wednesday are level thanks to a goal from Ben Sahar.
1302: They've reached the break at Wembley, where it's 0-0.
1249: Half-time at Glanford Park and Scunthorpe lead 1-0.
1245: Under way in the first of the day's Premier League games now. It's the second part of the Arsenal-Liverpool trilogy and as with the FA Cup semi-final, you follow the game live in a dedicated minute-by-minute clockwatch by clicking here now.
1219: Scunthorpe strike first in the crunch battle at the wrong end of the Championship, with Ian Morris putting them in front againstSheffield Wednesday.
1215: They're off in the first of the FA Cup semi-finals, with West Brom facing Portsmouth at Wembley. You can follow that in our dedicated minute-by-minute clockwatch by clicking here now.
1200: The first match of the day - between Scunthorpe and Sheffield Wednesday - in the Championship is now under way.
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